n (idiomatic) A male friend or chum, especially a schoolmate; a man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a decent, dependable fellow.
n (idiomatic|chiefly|southern US|sometimes|derogatory) A friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased white man who embody|embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA.